Statistics on Singapore: Family

Statistics on Singapore

An annotated bibliography of sources

Family

Composite social indices: a pilot study. Occasional paper series, no.12. Singapore: Department of Statistics, 1993.
HA1802 Ops 12 (CL Main Shelves, CL Sing/Mal Coll, HL Main Shelves, HL Main Shelves, HL Reference 7)

Constructs indices for family conditions, health, education, employment conditions, income, housing conditions, personal safety, social environment, culture & leisure to track progress in quality of life for the period 1986 to 1992.

Dual-career couples in Singapore. Occasional paper series, no.13. Singapore: Department of Statistics, 1994.
HA1802 Ops 13 (CL Main Shelves, CL Sing/Mal Coll)

Analyses the trends in married couples over the period 1980 to 1990 using census data, with comparison of dual-career and sole-career couples. Gives the socio-demographic profile of dual-career couples in 1990, with breakdown by age group, ethnic group, educational status, type of housing, age of marriage and income.

A multi-disciplinary survey of the Singapore family / by the Multi-displinary Family Research Group. Singapore: National University of Singapore, 1988.
HQ690.2 Mul (CL Main Shelves, CL Sing/Mal Coll-NUS)

Survey of 1,960 families from different ethnic groups on attitude towards housing, socialization, patterns of language use, stress and family policy. Gives detailed profile of the families interviewed.

Study on the Singapore family. Singapore: Ministry of Community Development, 1999.
HQ690.2 Qua (CL RBR, CL Sing/Mal Coll)

Survey of families from various ethnic groups on five major themes of spouse relations; parenting stress, work and family; divorce; and the perception of family-related policies. Includes data on division of home duties; parents' greatest worry when raising children; disciplining methods; perceived sources of stress. A summary of the findings is available at http://www.mcds.gov.sg/HTML/research/res_fr.html